cattle have taken the place of sheep My cottage is a poor looking one but the hill with its wooded sides and Pah fortifications and ditches of olden times (Downing tells me the bones of natives crop out below the Pah) are really very pretty and if not valuable are for scenery quiet contentment and repose as delightful a spot as any one could desire. Coromandel is a pretty bay surrounded by high hills with coves and inlets beautifully sheltered and secure from every wind in January 40 I landed here just 28 years ago how fast time slips away